Features: Splits/combines one long run ethernet circuit/cable into two Standard CAT5e/6 RJ-45 ethernet compatible Does not reduce standard 100m maximum cable length for ethernet transmission distance Does not reduce maximum bandwidth of each cable PoE and non-Po - Other solutions ...Features: Splits/combines one long run ethernet circuit/cable into two Standard CAT5e/6 RJ-45 ethernet compatible Does not reduce standard 100m maximum cable length for ethernet transmission distance Does not reduce maximum bandwidth of each cable PoE and non-Po - Other solutions simply map the 8 data lines of two ethernet jacks to the same 8 data lines of one ethernet cable to "share" the cable, but only one at a time, similar to old serial switch-boxes. So, those other solutions are only 2-to-1 splitters that require one device to be off while the other device is on. Two devices cannot use the same ethernet cable at the same time.
- This solution achieves this by utilizing the fact that every ethernet cable has 8 data lines, but ethernet TCP/IP networking only actually uses 4 of those 8 data lines. So, one pair in this kit combines two 8 line ports in your network switch into one ethernet cable, then the other pair on the other side at the location of the devices splits that ethernet cable's 8 data lines into the 4 data lines necessary for each of the two ethernet cables to work 100% independently. - This has many uses, but the most obvious is to avoid spending hundreds or thousands of dollars paying an ethernet cabling contractor or an IT person to run secondary CAT5e/6 ethernet cables to locations that suddenly require two instead of one.
- IP, requiring a second line for the phone. Some users simply don't want or can't use wireless or to daisy-chain their computer to their Vo - IP phone, for performance or other reasons. Another use is for outdoor PoE camera applications so you can avoid running both power and ethernet cables while protecting them from the environment.
- Where wireless network access is not reliable, it offers unacceptable performance, or it simply isn't possible (many devices require ethernet and do not even have wireless), this is a low cost alternative to the high price and inconvenience of running more network cables.